WHEELCHAIR users are set to benefit from a new circular path around a beauty spot.

The path, around Mold’s River Alyn, has been set up thanks to rural regeneration agency Cadwyn Clwyd, with funding from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and Flintshire Community Trust.

It is wheelchair and pushchair friendly and has been welcomed by disability campaigner Bryan Harrison, a member of Flintshire Local Access Forum.

Bryan, whose wife Marion is disabled, says wheelchair users who enjoy the great outdoors have been restricted in recent years due to many footpaths being unsuitable for their needs.

He added: “We’ve been down to see the improvements and try them out and make sure they’re safe - and they’re excellent.

“It’s important that wheelchair users can go where so-called ‘normal’ people go because it’s not only the wheelchair user who loses out when they cannot go on a beautiful walk, it’s their families as well.

“Behind every wheelchair user there is usually a whole family, and they are all affected.

Cllr Matt Wright, Flintshire Council’s executive member for regeneration and tourism, said: “I think this was an excellent project which is going to give wider access to the community particularly the disabled and is part of our endeavour to have more circular routes and give the people of Mold the chance to take advantage of the lovely countryside.”